Chefair Air India International, which was caught by the Trade and Taxes Department for evading Value Added Tax for several years in the national Capital, has ended up paying all it tax dues, along with interest.
The Chefair Air India International is responsible for serving food to Air India and Alco Brew Distillers India Private limited.
For three consecutive years, Chefair Air India International had been collecting VAT but not depositing the same with the Government.
Though the Trade and Taxes Department had cancelled the license of Chefair Air way back in December 2013, the company had been continuing with its operations in Delhi.
It was only after the Department received specific intelligence input, the VAT Commissioner ordered an in-depth survey of the company's accounts on February 8.
The company finally deposited a total tax due amount of Rs3,74,66, 422, including interest, with the Government. The company has also restored its registration number and has started paying a monthly tax of about Rs 25 lakh to the city administration. Buoyed by the success of its officers, the Department recently gave a reward amount of Rs8,67,709 to its seven officers.
The officers rewarded are Joint Commissioner Pravesh Ranjan Jha, Assistant Commissioner B R Meena, Assistant VAT Officers Sandeep Kumar and Ram Oraon, Inspectors V K Mishra and M C Jain and stenographer S K Singh. While Meena got the highest cash reward of Rs1,77,864, the minimum amount of Rs91,329 was given to Singh.
As far as Alco Distillers was concerned, the company had been depositing less tax with the Government. A team led by Joint Commissioner Ranjeet Singh conducted the survey of the company on January 6.
As a result of findings of the survey, the company ended up paying an amount of Rs30.77. The company also filed its return for the second quarter for 2015-16 financial year and deposited an additional amount of
Rs1.68 crore with the Government.
The Tax Department paid an award amount of Rs4,33,855 to the team of its five members who cracked the case. The officers who were rewarded are Joint Commissioner Ranjeet Singh, Assistant Commissioner Om Prakash, Assistant VAT officers Dharmesh Kumar Jha and Ashok Kumar and Inspector Ramesh Kumar.
While the maximum reward amount of Rs99, 471 was bagged by Singh, the minimum amount of Rs63,152 was awarded to Ramesh Kumar.
The 'catch and reward' policy of the Government to nab tax defaulters has caught the fancy of its 300-odd VAT officers, who are reportedly working overtime to ensure overdue taxes are being meticulously deposited with the administration's treasury in the city.
The defaulter companies came under the scanner of the taxes wing of the AAP dispensation after it announced to pay cash incentives to officers responsible for tracking such tax evaders.